The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features David Koon’s report on the revival of military history courses on college campuses. John Hood’s Daily Journal distinguishes dreams from fantasies.
Dr. Kickler– A cut-and-dry definition of military history certainly isn’t easy to nail down. Sure, military history involves strategy and tactics but at the margins, the line begins to blur.…
Like a pop star must do periodically to stay relevant in a changing music market, military history reinvented itself. It is now influenced heavily by social historians and their concerns. …
Class offerings in military history are disappearing from college campuses across the country. An article on the issue in this week’s U.S. News includes UNC-CH professor Wayne Lee’s reaction. Beyond…
John Hood’s column today on Max Boot’s War Made New includes a quote from the book that should give hope to conservatives and those in the minority anywhere: In a…
A brief conversation with Edward Bonekemper will give you enough information to infer his opinion about one of the Civil War’s worst generals. Bonekemper, a military history lecturer at Muhlenberg…
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation North Carolina History Project Lecture When: Noon Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Where: Holiday Inn Brownstone 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 Price: $15…
Jon, those were appropriate images to remember today, and while we’re at it we should remember this one: And I also recommend Victor Davis Hanson’s piece today comparing…
Funny, I’ve had this feeling before: ….Historians and the media have focused mostly on U.S. losses, mistakes and bad behavior in Vietnam. Military people who built schools, handed out medical…
Michael Barone uses data and other evidence in a new column to place the current war in historical perspective.
In anticipation of Winston Churchill III?s speech on February 10th, I read John Keegan?s brief biography of Winston Churchill (Viking Book, 2002). Keegan is perhaps the foremost military historian of…